How to automate your spontaneity: The performance technology of Open Sound Control (OSC)

Open Sound Control (OSC) is a networked messaging protocol used in theatre to link together show control systems for lighting, sound and video cue-ing. OSC allows for interoperability between computers and consoles, delivering an almost endless message type which allows great diversity in cue programming. This presentation showed the labour issues that are related to automation within theatrical systems.

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University of Melbourne data repository
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2026-11-04
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https://doi.org/10.26188/34918533
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Theatre and Performance Studies
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How to automate your spontaneity: The performance technology of Open Sound Control (OSC)

Martyn Coutts
University of Melbourne data repository
Theatre and Performance Studies
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How to automate your spontaneity: The performance technology of Open Sound Control (OSC)

Martyn Coutts
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Open Sound Control (OSC) is a networked messaging protocol used in theatre to link together show control systems for lighting, sound and video cue-ing. OSC allows for interoperability between computers and consoles, delivering an almost endless message type which allows great diversity in cue programming. This presentation showed the labour issues that are related to automation within theatrical systems.

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